Social Issues Movies

This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life....

Bhanwar, a simpleton young man in the rural Rajasthan wants a bride for him but gets duped. Instead of a woman, he is married off to a transgender...

When Yussef is forced to work the night of his daughter's piano recital he is determined to listen to her play at all costs.

This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy...

Set in grey space, the film tells us the story of a young girl named Jahnvi sitting alone in a dark, single room carrying multiple thoughts about her...

An anthology of 7 Mexican short films, all created by 5 up-and-coming independent filmmakers, with a common thread: to explore themes of human...

Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they...

A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.

The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.

This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large....

By observing the technological developments of artificial intelligence in several countries, this film sheds light on the advantages and limits of...

A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.

This documentary follows a community action group led by American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky in Rochester, New York. Together, they...

"Is This the Right Place for Us?" is a short experimental documentary that interrogates how the modernization of parks and playgrounds in Long Branch...

A lesbian couple in conservative Japan must fight to stay together when one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Quique el Cuajo, a hustler with half a body affected by cerebral palsy, joins forces with his friend Adolfo, a young mulatto, to create a music...

Sometimes, the truth is overridden by self-interest.

Francis has been living in his apartment for several years. However, his world quickly falls apart has he learns that he has five minutes to leave...